FBI Director Wray: "Our investigation here, our supplemental update to the previous background investigation, was limited in scope and that that is consistent with the standard process for such investigations…" pic.twitter.com/XBdvtqQzaA

Sen. Harris: When the FBI was given the direction to do the background investigation as it related to Dr. Ford’s allegation, that’s a direction that goes to the FBI from the White House, is that correct, not from the Senate?

Dir. Wray: That’s correct.

Sen. Harris: And when the FBI was directed to do that investigation as it relates to those specific allegations, was the FBI given full discretion or was the scope of the investigation limited to the direction you received from the White House?

Wray clarified the procedural issue for Harris, stating:

“It’s important to understand that the, unlike most investigations like the sort that you and I and Sen. [Doug] Jones have all been familiar with, traditional criminal investigations, national security investigations, a background investigation is very different. Our only authority is as requested by the adjudicating agency, which in this case is the White House.”

Despite Wray’s explanation that he has no control over the scope of background investigations, Harris continued to press the issue.

“Our supplemental update to the previous background investigation was limited in scope, and that is consistent with the standard process for such investigations, going back quite a long ways.”

During the same testimony, Wray explained that the FBI is “currently investigating about 5,000 terrorism cases across America and around the world and about a thousand of those cases are homegrown violent extremists and they are in all 50 states.”

Apparently, Harris found the details about the investigation into the claims against Kavanaugh to be a more valuable use of her questioning.

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BETTY LEE

October 11, 2018 at 9:31 pm

I believe Christine Blasey Ford committed perjury. When she was asked, “Did you give your therapist’s notes to the Washington Times reporter?” she answered, “I don’t remember.” I think a PhD would remember EXACTLY what she did one month prior to being asked that question–especially since her accusations were so agrestic. Further, she would definitely remember writing down a summary of her therapist’s notes. What trouble would she have gotten into if she had answered truthfully, “Yes” or “No.” I’m serious. I want to know.

@BETTY LEE,YEA WE ALL WANT TO KNOW,MY OPINION,THE WHOLE DAM THING WAS A BIG FATE LIE TO KEEP KAVANUGH OUT AND TRUMP TO NOT GET ANOTHER JUSTICE IN,DEMON RATS GONNA HAVE A COW WHEN RUMP PUTS TWO TO THREE MORE IN BEFORE HES OUT IN 6 YEARS,RUTH GINGSBURG WILL BE THE NEXT SEAT TRUMP FILLS

THIS ASSHAT IS NOT FIT FOR THE SEAT SHE SITS IN,SHE FORGETS SHE WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHICH MEANS SHES NOT THE FRICKING BOSS,THIS MEETING WAS ABOUT KAVANAUGH AND I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY PUT THIS POS IN HER PLACE,SHE CLEARLY THINKS HERSELF HIGHER THEN SHE OUGHT TO.THE WHOLE DAM RAPE ACCUSATION WAS A LIE.PERIOD!!!